D+
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: D+.
by bobbo ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 3 steals
· 0 reaches
You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Chiefs did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D+ is the result.
The whole projection now runs through Jayden Daniels; hit there and everything else looks smarter. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Wright.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 1 they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
In pick 9 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
They did well to land T'Vondre Sweat in the 63rd pick, just ahead of his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Mike Sainristil at pick No. 94 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Justin Eboigbe at slot 131 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The roster fit checks out.
Jaylin Simpson slipping to the 161st overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jaylen Wright at No. 175 is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.